/qaː.ʕi.da/
الأصلFrom the verb قَعَدَ (qaʕada, “to sit down, to lie in wait, to waylay”), root ق ع د (q ʕ d).
- foundation
“قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى اللَّهُ بُنْيَانَهُم مِّنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ” — Indeed, those before them had plotted, but Allah struck at the ˹very˺ foundation of their structure, so the roof collapsed on top of them, and the torment came upon them from where they did not expect
- basis
- precept, rule, principle
- fundament
- base
- base
- rule
“قَاعِدَة الْمُضَارِع الْمُسْتَمِرّ” — The present continuous rule
- support, socle, pedestal
- chassis, undercarriage
- formula
“قَاعِدَة فِيثَاغُورَس” — Pythagorean formula, Pythagorean theorem
- method, manner
- model, pattern
الصيغقَاعِدَة(canonical, feminine) · qāʕida(romanization) · قَوَاعِد(plural) · قَاعِدَة(ar-infl-a, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الْقَاعِدَة(ar-infl-a, definite, informal, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَة(ar-infl-a, construct, informal, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَةٌ(ar-infl-a, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote) · الْقَاعِدَةُ(ar-infl-a, definite, nominative, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَةُ(ar-infl-a, construct, nominative, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَةً(accusative, ar-infl-a, indefinite, singular, triptote) · الْقَاعِدَةَ(accusative, ar-infl-a, definite, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَةَ(accusative, ar-infl-a, construct, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَةٍ(ar-infl-a, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote) · الْقَاعِدَةِ(ar-infl-a, definite, genitive, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَةِ(ar-infl-a, construct, genitive, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَتَيْن(ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الْقَاعِدَتَيْن(ar-infl-a, definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَتَيْ(ar-infl-a, construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote) · قَاعِدَتَانِ(ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote) · الْقَاعِدَتَانِ(ar-infl-a, definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote)